Nah. Just folks who realize that their time has value, so they are willing to spend a few bucks to optimize.
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iPad Pro Had a business meeting today, with some pretty big executives... iPad Pro was device of choice
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Yep, nothing is silo'd on an individual's computer and s/w we developed was maintained in a controlled configuration management system. Though in a few cases, we had totally air-gapped environments with more tightly controlled access.
iPad Pro and iPhone Pro Max have been my primary work devices for years.
I can scan and configure networks with these.
I do carry a MBP for extreme cases when I need to run Windows 11 VM to do support over Quick Assist or create bootable Media. Or to run XCode or FCP.
I’m now also carrying my AVP for those cases when I need to manage and compare multiple networks and have several webpages open.
Oh, and my Apple Watch is very useful to answer calls when I’m on a ladder or doing an install and can’t hold my phone because my hands are busy and I’m not wearing my AirPods.
I can scan and configure networks with these.
I do carry a MBP for extreme cases when I need to run Windows 11 VM to do support over Quick Assist or create bootable Media. Or to run XCode or FCP.
I’m now also carrying my AVP for those cases when I need to manage and compare multiple networks and have several webpages open.
Oh, and my Apple Watch is very useful to answer calls when I’m on a ladder or doing an install and can’t hold my phone because my hands are busy and I’m not wearing my AirPods.
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I see a lot of politicians using iPads. They do have a PC standing on their desk, but when on the road/in parliament, it's probably 70/30 iPads/Laptops. So that's another job that seem to work well on the ipad. Also, automatic icloud/time machine backups have brought to light quite a few scandals when the owners of the devices thought they had already destroyed all evidence 😆.
Otoh, journalists on the road often don't use iPads because they need to have access to content management systems that are only available for windows/macOS. Web based solutions are becoming more common, but even then they are often a little limited compared to their local counterparts - and often optimized for desktop browsers on windows.
Otoh, journalists on the road often don't use iPads because they need to have access to content management systems that are only available for windows/macOS. Web based solutions are becoming more common, but even then they are often a little limited compared to their local counterparts - and often optimized for desktop browsers on windows.
That's a pretty good question. For a long time it was principally that our client server database driven health records required Windows to run, full stop. Now we're on a web based system and I asked my IT consultant about switching to a Mac and he recommended against it, best I can recall citing potential friction with the network architecture and managing Mac OS machines on our domain. It's not important enough for me to dig into and seek workarounds or bend over backwards just to use a Mac at work. That said I can use our EHR on Chrome from my Mac at home, no problem.
Lol - people love this topic of discussion
In terms of being able to bring your own device - a lot of companies both provide devices and allow for devices to be brought in and loaded with company protected / approved software (Intune, vpns, etc)
In terms of being able to bring your own device - a lot of companies both provide devices and allow for devices to be brought in and loaded with company protected / approved software (Intune, vpns, etc)
Yeah I guess I'm just a bit fatigued with these threads that seem aimed to prove a point rather than sharing useful information. Not a single detail about what specific applications are being used in the meeting.
I sit in a board meeting every month and the main activity is discussion. I don't really need a device at all in board meetings. That doesn't mean others' mileage mightn't vary, of course. But what is anyone going to take away from the OP? That the iPad is the best device for business use? Or simply, "cool story, you sure showed all those Mac haters, case closed!" The whole premise of the OP is some kind of peer pressure argument as opposed to anything specifically useful like, "an iPad can do x,y,z, so if that is your use case, it might be a great device for your business purposes."
Of course iPads have business applications. Almost every storefront I go to uses them for monetary transactions. But is this discussion really useful in actually helping anyone determine what they need? Who cares what five out of nine pretty big executives used in some meeting somewhere. What do you need to accomplish, and how well can an iPad do those things? That's the kind of question I find relevant. I feel like I'm just reading the same silly debates over and over here.
Agreed. I spent a career in high level budget and policy meetings and, while there were presentations with data, mostly it was discussion and information exchange. Honestly, I came across much more engaged if I used a good old fashion journal and pen to take notes and focused on listening, eye contact, and participating in the discussion. Starring at a screen is kind of off-putting.
Yes, iPad Pro is great for executives who mostly consume stats, PowerPoint presentations and email; not so great for the people working under them who actually have to produce those stats and presentations.
That's a work culture problem. If staff are doing that, you might want to reconsider the purpose of the meeting, who you're inviting and why.
I've rarely experienced that except where meetings are poorly planned and have no objective.
Our hospital system uses primarily windows. They from time to time will order a Mac for testing but it’s simply too expensive to switch over the entire system. But for work phones it’s almost exclusively iPhone 11. iPads also get distributed for some execs to read or view a presentation but they are 8th gen iPads. I begged my boss to get my team iPads when we are in the field but since it might be 1 time a month or every other month they felt the need wasn’t there. So im stuck lugging this damn dell around the stock rooms.
This has to be the most pointless discussion on MR.
How are we arguing about iPads meeting the needs of people we don't know who are or what they do on their iPads? Or whether they even like their iPads?
We don't know exactly who OP was referring to or what they were doing on their iPads. We don't know what their experiences are and what they prefer.
This is all assumptions about unknown variables.
No, don't @Me. This is too abstract to be anything but dumb.
macOS as in not iPadOS?!!
Would you care to quickly explain to all those madly in love with their iPads in here why your(?) company is using Macs and not on iPads?
"Ipads are easy to carry around in business meetings. In the future
I corrected it for you.
You are welcome!
Half of the discussion on the forum are people seeking validation from others to offset the sunk-cost*.
Usually it’s just for show. I seldom take notes as most meetings are a waste of time anyways.
Has something that simple confused you? We have lots of people coming into the company, some of them are vocal, ergo a minority.
Not all coming into the company are vocal.
Just record them and feed it to AI to transcribe and return the sparknotes. Now faster than ever thanks to M4! /s
Well, generally, I would make note of key decisions and action items. Most of the important data were already in the briefing materials, so I never bothered with that stuff. At the end of the day, part of my routine would be to spend 5 minutes reviewing the notes and making a to do list….usually a handful of important things that I might do my myself or delegate to staff. There are lots of good apps out there for the purpose of tracking action items.
Yeah, I realize that I might have saved a little time if I was typing all of this stuff down in real time during the meetings, but I didnt want to be distracted during the meetings and the process of reviewing the day and collecting my thoughts was worthwhile to me. Again, it only took a few minutes to take my handwritten notes and distill them into a few key actions.
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yes indeed work - ceo work
not actual engineering work though
such as matlab coding, circuit design, even serious powerpoint work, and so forth
not actual engineering work though
such as matlab coding, circuit design, even serious powerpoint work, and so forth
True, and times have changed. Now we could totally have that on a laptop, with those 100 GB+ 5G plans.
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On another note : Executives mainly use email, PDFs, and Chat/Text messages, maybe KPI viewer such as Power BI or Tableau... I'm not too surprised they can get away perfectly with an iPad Pro.